Nolan Ramsey North is an American actor and voice actor born in New Haven, Connecticut.
He has been described as "the nearest thing the games industry has to a bona fide leading
man." He is well known for his voice work as Nathan Drake from the Uncharted series;
Desmond Miles from the Assassin's Creed video game series; Penguin in Batman: Arkham City
and Batman: Arkham Origins; Deadpool in Hulk Vs, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Marvel
vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds/Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Deadpool, Marvel Heroes
and Lego Marvel Super Heroes; Cyrille Le Paradox and El Jefe from Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time;
Dr Edward Richtofen in the Zombies mode in the Call of Duty games World at War, Black
Ops and Black Ops II; Corrupt Cores and Defective Turrets in Portal 2; Superboy and Superman
in Young Justice; Cpt. Martin Walker in Spec Ops: The Line; David in The Last of Us; and
himself in Saints Row IV.
Life and career North was born in New Haven, Connecticut.
He majored in journalism at the University of North Carolina with a baseball scholarship.
He worked as a reporter for almost a year in New Jersey before moving to New York City
to pursue stand-up comedy and acting. North eventually relocated to Hollywood and was
cast in the General Hospital spin-off series Port Charles, playing Dr. Chris Ramsey during
the show's run from 1997 to 2003. He married fellow Port Charles actress Jill Murray in
1999 and has two children. During Port Charles' run, he worked on a few video games as a voice
actor and began to focus on voice acting following Port Charles' cancellation.
One of his most notable roles came in 2007 when he voiced and motion capped the character
Nathan Drake for the video game Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Since then, he has continued
to portray the character in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception.
In an interview with The Guardian, North reflects on his time as Drake as requiring "a lot of
imagination. Motion capture is basically theatre in Spandex; there's minimal props, and you
need a willingness to make an ass of yourself." North as Drake has been twice nominated at
the Spike Video Game Awards in the "Best Performance by a Human Male" category. On November 14
at a PlayStation 4 pre-release event in New York, Naughty Dog confirmed in a teaser trailer
of the next Uncharted game for the PlayStation 4 system. It's unknown whether North will
reprise his role as Drake in the game or Drake will appear in the game.
North had a role in Star Trek Into Darkness, the sequel to 2009's live-action movie Star
Trek. Director J. J. Abrams cited North's performance as Drake for the casting, he and
his son being fans of the Uncharted series.
Other notable video game voice work includes roles as the Prince in Prince of Persia, Shun
in Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica, Vossler in Final Fantasy XII, Eradan in Lord of the
Rings: War in the North, Doctor Edward Richtofen in Call of Duty: World at War, Call of Duty:
Black Ops and Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Brawl in Transformers: War for Cybertron,
Ghost Rider in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Shadow Demon, Lycan, Lone Druid, Brewmaster,
Gyrocopter, Ogre Magi, Meepo, Earth Spirit, Troll Warlord and the Keeper of the Light
in Dota 2, and Merasmus, Redmond Mann's Ghost, and the Bombinomicon in Team Fortress 2.
North is well known in his animation roles such as Cyclops in Wolverine and the X-Men,
Snow Job in G.I. Joe: Renegades, Raphael in TMNT, and both Superboy and Superman in Young
Justice. Filmography
Leading roles are bolded. Animation
Live-action roles Video Game Roles
References
External links Nolan North at the Internet Movie Database